Extends Music Director contracts with the El Paso Symphony Orchestra and the Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra

Awarded Women’s Conducting Grant from the League of American Orchestras

Debut performances with The Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, the Nordic Chamber Orchestra, Sweden and the Cyprus State Orchestra

Gives birth to Audrey Rose on February 12th in Connecticut, USA

2007

Invited to conduct the Swedish Wind Ensemble, Stockholm

2006

Debut performances with the Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra, Korea, and the Orquesta Sinfónica Municipal de Caracas, Venezuela

2005

Marries Scott Hartman on October 1st in England

Guest Conducts the Flemish Radio Orchestra at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam and the Perth International Festival, Australia

Appointed Music Director of the El Paso Symphony Orchestra & the Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra

Invited as Assistant Conductor to the National Symphony Orchestra, Washington DC

2004

Invitation to guest conduct the Annapolis Symphony and the Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra

2003-06

Production Assistant and Project Manager for Telarc recordings of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Appointed Guest Music Director of the Dessoff Choirs, NY for the 2004/5 season

Receives Bruno Walter Assistant Conductor Chair, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra – one of two awards presented by the Bruno Walter Foundation in the US during the 2003/4 season

2002

Assistant Conductor and Production Coordination to Tan Dun for Water Passion after St. Matthew, Brooklyn Academy of Music

Invitation to guest conduct the New World Symphony, Florida

Invitation to guest conduct the Naumburg Orchestra, New York

Selected to conduct in the Maazel-Vilar International Conductor’s Competition in Sydney, Australia

Mentored by Esa-Pekka Salonen, Sarah is selected to participate in Synergy by the League of American Orchestras working with the combined orchestras of the University of Southern California and the Los Angeles Philharmonic

Returns as honorary guest conductor Oxford University Orchestra

Appointed Music Director of Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra

Appointed Assistant Conductor of Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra with Paavo Jarvi, Eric Kunzel and James Conlon.

Guest Conductor of the Beata Moon Ensemble, at Miller Theatre, NY

2001

Conducts the SWR Vokalensemble in Preparation for Kagel’s Entfuruhrung im Konzertsaal and studio recording for Süd West Radio

Receiving a Nordell Prize, Sarah is selected to conduct the London Symphony Orchestra in a public masterclass led by Pierre Boulez.

Begins work in film industry as conductor and assistant for Dario Marianelli

Conductor and Multimedia Coordinator for three-day rehearsal period with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Conducts six world premieres by Portuguese composers with the REMIX Ensemble – Casa da Musica

Invited to conduct the Millennium Chamber Symphony, New York and the Kyoto International Student Festival, Japan

Re-engaged as Assistant Conductor to the Dresden Sinfoniker

As Assistant Conductor with Tan Dun, Choir Director and Production Coordinator Sarah conducts with the White Nights Festival, the BBC Concerts Orchestra, the London Sinfonietta, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre Nationale de Lyon, the Flemish Radio Orchestra and the Hong Kong Philharmonic.

Credited as Choir Director on the live Sony CD Sarah conducts the RIAS Kammerchor, Berlin, for the world premier of Tan Dun’s Water Passion after St. Matthew

Receives Master of Music from the Juilliard School of Music, and becomes assistant conductor to Otto-Werner Mueller with the Juilliard Orchestra